Fundraising Updates

Thank you so much for your continued generosity. The pupils have raised a fantastic amount to support several charities.  We’ll be supporting Young Minds this Friday, BBC Children in Need in November and our HMS Council will soon be selecting our two charities for the year ahead.  Thank you!  #Respect #Engage #Aspire

English Schools’ Swimming Championships

A group of HMS pupils attended the English Schools’ Swimming North East Secondary Team Championships at Sunderland Aquatic Centre on Thursday. The Year 7 and 8 boys and girls teams took part in the 4x50m freestyle relay and 4x50m medley relay. Fantastic effort from both teams. The girls had two great swims, working hard right into the wall, finishing in

Science Homework Project

6MBE have worked phenomenally hard on their solar system homework projects, and we have had a wonderful time exploring our solar system exhibit. Well done 6MBE #Respect #Engage #Aspire

HMS Way Awards

The HMS Way AwardsHere are this week’s ‘HMS Way Award’ winners. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values – Respect Engage Aspire – to life.I was so proud of every single pupil who represented HMS so brilliantly at our Open Evening – all pupils have been given a Head of School Award.Well done

Match Day Update from Full of Beans

What a Week! Hexham Middle School and Full of Beans Sport and Fitness North East have been hard at work, training and playing to our strengths in a short space of time to get ready for an exciting weekly league! This week 10 schools including HMS attended the Media Day — and what an experience it was! The day was packed with

Language Leaders

Congratulations to our newly-appointed Language Leaders. Mr Armstrong  is looking forward to seeing the team supporting language enrichment events and learning over the course of this year!  Bien joué! Respect. Engage. Aspire. 

Football News

On Monday, the Year 8 girls’ football team had their first home match of the season against the Year 8 girls from St Joseph’s Middle School. The game began well with HMS girls immediately going on the attack, which was rewarded by an early goal in the twelfth minute by Elsie L. After that, St Joe’s made a remarkable comeback,

Queen’s Hall Backstage Tour

We would like to thank Queen’s Hall, Hexham for allowing our Year 7 pupils to visit the theatre for a tour and a chance to meet with different people that work there. To support Year 7 pupils with the start of their drama studies, we wanted to generate a real buzz about the creative arts industry. A special thanks to

Head of School Awards

This month’s Head of School Award theme was ‘courage’. I was delighted to see the children being recognised for their wonderful approach to school life. It was great to celebrate the positive contribution each pupil makes to our school community – I am very proud of them all. They have all made a fantastic start to the school year.  Pupils in school today joined me for a special breakfast earlier (breakfast

Arts Award Success

Congratulations to our Arts Award group who have all successfully achieved Arts Award Bronze. This involved a significant commitment from the pupils who all submitted a portfolio of art work to be assessed. I was very impressed to see the very positive attitude, engagement and dedication from all of the pupils involved.  Huge thanks to Miss Taylor for leading this